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Table 19 



Distribution of Schools According to the Number of Minutes 

 PER Week Given to Agriculture 



Minutes per week 



1- 20 



21-40 



41-60 



61-80 



81-100 



101-120 



121-140 



141-160 



161-180 



181-200 



201-220 



221-240 



241-260 



261-280 



281-300 



Minutes per week 



301-320. 

 321-340. 

 341-360. 

 361-380. 

 381-400. 

 401-420. 

 421-440. 

 441-460. 

 461-480. 

 481-500. 

 501-520. 

 521-540. 

 541-560. 

 561-580. 

 581-600. 



No. of schools 



al 



al 



a\ 







ab 











1 



























al 



141 schools 

 — including those of more than one 

 year's work if reporting. 



a Usually denotes highest number of minutes. 

 b Usually denotes 135 minutes. 

 c Usually denotes 150 minutes. 

 d Usually denotes 225 minutes. 



A closer distribution gives the following: 



The usual number of recitations per week is five, and the 

 usual length of the recitation is 40 minutes, which gives 200 

 minutes as by far the most frequent case ; 30-minute recitations 

 in schools, with small teaching force gives 150 minutes per 

 week ; five double periods of 80 minutes each gives 400 minutes 

 per week, while the smaller number of double periods gives 

 the amounts occurring less frequently. 



It is evident that a large number of minutes per week for a 

 large number of weeks results in a heavy course and vice versa. 



